OEUniMolecularRxn

class OEUniMolecularRxn

The OEUniMolecularRxn class is designed to apply a chemical transformation to a molecule. The primary purpose of the class is to provide an efficient means of applying normalization reactions, although there are few restrictions on the types of chemical transformations that can be applied. The reaction used to initialize the class must contain only a single reactant. The provided transformation is applied iteratively until no further reactant patterns are matched. Caution must be used in defining the transformation as it is possible to provide a reaction that will cause a OEUniMolecularRxn object to iterate until memory is exhausted. For example, a reaction for which the reactant pattern matches the transformed product molecule will reapply the transformation indefinitely and must be avoided. Note, however, that atoms and bonds created by a transformation are excluded from involvement in iterative applications of the transformation.

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OEUniMolecularRxn

Example of amine nitrogen protonation using ‘OEUniMolecularRxn’. Transformations are applied to the starting material recursively

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Constructors

OEUniMolecularRxn()

Default constructor.

OEUniMolecularRxn(const OEUniMolecularRxn &)

Copy constructor.

OEUniMolecularRxn(const char * smirks, bool strictSmirks=true)

Creates a OEUniMolecularRxn object with a ‘smirks’ (SMIRKS) pattern. Attempts to initialize an OEUniMolecularRxn object with a reaction that has more than one reactant will result in an initialization failure. Success of initialization can be tested using the operator OEUniMolecularRxn::operator bool method. The second argument to the constructor is used to specify the interpretation of the SMIRKS semantics. By default, the ‘smirks’ string is interpreted using strict semantics.

Passing a value of false to the second method argument will relax the strict SMIRKS restrictions. A mapped reactant atom that does not have a corresponding mapped product atom is valid, and will be destroyed as part of the reaction. Unmapped reactant atoms will be used to match the reactant pattern, but are not destroyed when the reaction is applied. The resulting SMIRKS like reactions may therefore be more easily readable by humans as fewer atoms may be required to be mapped.

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  • SMIRKS definition describing the strict SMIRKS semantics in the Glossary chapter.

operator=

OEUniMolecularRxn &operator=(const OEUniMolecularRxn &rhs)

operator()

bool operator()(OEMolBase &mol) const

Applies the set of transformations with which the OEUniMolecularRxn object has been initialized on the passed OEMolBase object. Return true if the reactant pattern matches at least one time in the passed molecule.

If the OEUniMolecularRxn fails to apply any transformations because the reactant pattern failed to match the molecule, the method will return false.

operator bool

operator bool() const

Returns true, if the OEUniMolecularRxn object was initialized with no failures using either the constructors or one of the OEUniMolecularRxn::Init methods.

The method will return false when the OEUniMolecularRxn object has not been properly initialized as it will be unable to apply transform operations to molecules.

GetClearCoordinates

bool GetClearCoordinates() const

Returns whether the coordinates of a molecule are cleared before performing the chemical transformation.

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GetValidateKekule

bool GetValidateKekule() const

Returns whether the transformation validates the Kekulé form of the returned products.

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Init

bool Init(const char *smirks, bool strictSmirks=true)

This method initializes an OEUniMolecularRxn object the ‘smirks’ pattern. By default, the SMIRKS string is interpreted using strict semantics.

Passing a value of false to the second method argument will relax the strict SMIRKS restrictions. A mapped reactant atom that does not have a corresponding mapped product atom is valid, and will be destroyed as part of the reaction. Unmapped reactant atoms will be used to match the reactant pattern, but are not destroyed when the reaction is applied. The resulting SMIRKS like reactions may therefore be more easily readable by humans as fewer atoms may be required to be mapped.

SetClearCoordinates

bool SetClearCoordinates(bool clearcoords)

Sets whether the coordinates of a molecule are cleared before performing the chemical transformation.

Note

The OEUniMolecularRxn modifies the molecular graph when applying the transformations. Generating valid 2D or 3D coordinates for the products is beyond the scope of the OEUniMolecularRxn class.

It is recommended to either clear the coordinates by invoking the OEUniMolecularRxn::SetClearCoordinates method or regenerate the coordinates of the molecule afterwards.

If no transformation is applied the molecule will not be changed.

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SetValidateKekule

bool SetValidateKekule(bool validate)

Sets whether the generated products are simply returned after a Kekulization attempt, or if the Kekulé form is validated more rigorously. If the extra validation is enabled and an invalid Kekulé form is identified, alternatives are tried by adding and removing implicit hydrogens from aromatic nitrogens to produce a valid Kekulé form. No further attempt is made to return the most reasonable or chemically sensible result. By default, the extra Kekulé validation is enabled.

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